[He doesn't look... openly puzzled by that answer, but it definitely raises more questions along with his eyebrow. What exactly can Vergil do with a mirage blade that isn't "piercing and damaging?" Is that not what blades are for? He objects slightly to the word "rudimentary" applied to Dante's gunplay too. Whatever his uncle does with Ebony and Ivory is so flashy and effective that calling it anything less than skilled seems to be selling him short. And he can admit, he's a little defensive about Dante when it comes to this sort of thing.

It's not that anybody is worse than anybody else. They just fight differently. Vergil's precision and expertise. Dante's rapid-fire flash and pizzaz. And Nero's... one big bang after another. Sounds about right.]

Well, let's go out and try it sometime. I'm sure I can do it. Channeling my energy was like the third thing I ever learned how to do with it.